January 2016 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Info needed "European 145 and 435 MHz Diplexer and Dual Band Filter (Model: DCI-145-435-DX-DB)"
by EC4TR Luis 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi all One guy, is selling this filter, http://www.dci.ca/?Section=Products&SubSection=Amateur I am thinking in the possibility of using it for desensing problem with FO-29. I`m pretty sure it would work fine, but the question is, would it pass dc power for feeding the preamp? Somebody knows it? I asked them via email, but not answer. 73 Luis EC4TR

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Sandringham School students prepare for ARISS contact with Space Festival Week
by M5AKA 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Sandringham School Space Festival Week Events https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1uGINiJk1_CczF5YUw2bHd1S28/view Video of Sandringham Students in Ham Radio Buildathon http://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/06/students-in-ham-radio-buildathon/ ARISS contact planned for Sandringham School in St. Albans http://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/05/ariss-contact-planned-for-school-in-st-alban… ARISS Sandringham School contact – how to get involved http://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/05/iss-school-contact-how-to-get-involved/ Sandringham School students pass amateur radio exam http://amsat-uk.org/2015/12/30/tim-peake-sandringham-school/ Huffington Post report: Schoolgirl Is Going To Operate A Radio Station So She Can Call Tim Peake From Earth http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/01/05/this-schoolgirl-is-going-to-oper… 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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It's so easy...
by James Lea - WX4TV 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

…a little girl can do it! https://youtu.be/13COZU957IU <https://youtu.be/13COZU957IU>

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Request for 1906Z SO-50 Pass
by James Lea - WX4TV 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Good Morning, Hope (KM4IPF) will be presenting at the Youth Forums at the Orlando Hamcation and Dayton Hamvention. She gives her first practice presentation tonight at the Orlando OARC meeting and gives another one again tomorrow at the Lake Monroe LMARS meeting. She is putting the finishing touches on her PowerPoint right now, and we find that we don't have any good video of her actually working contacts on a pass. Weather permitting (it's a cold 70 degrees and rainy here in Florida), we will shoot video of her working the 1906Z pass this afternoon. If there is not a rare grid on the pass, would anyone who can make the pass please listen for her and work her for the video? Remember, she is 9 years old and still learning to do it all on her own, so if you could give callsigns and grids a couple of times when you work her, it would be appreciated! If you're in Central Florida, come hear her tonight or tomorrow, and if you make the hamfests, be sure to attend the Youth Forums. The kids who speak at them are the future of our hobby and they typically give some incredible talks. Know in advance that your QSO may end up in the talk! Thanks and 73, James Lea - WX4TV Sent from my iPhone

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Solar powered mobile satellite operations
by Robert Bruninga 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Here are a few more solar factoids (for your mobile satellite operations): The solar panel area to fully power the average American commuter car (EV) for the average 12,000 miles per year is about 150 sqft (a 3 kW array) Amazingly, the area of a typical car parking space is also about 150 sqft. So all one needs to do is cover their car parking space with solar panels and have free local transportation energy for LIFE. And amazingly enough, each car in America has at least 5 parking spaces for it. One at home, one on the street, one at work, one at church, one at shopping and sports venus, etc... so all you need is just one to be covered in solar panels and we have carbon free local transportation (12,000 miles a year for free and for l life). See: http://insideevs.com/design-relationship-between-electric-cars-solar/ In addition, The supply chain from the roof of the carport (also providing shade to the car below it) is about 30 feet and is over 85% efficient, and you own it and no one can take it away or change the costs on you at any time. Compare this to the 8000 mile supply chain from oil well to your gas tank, where there are dozens of risky greedy players in the middle and where only 20% of the energy actually gets to your car. So it is no coincidence that now almost every car manufacturer is seeing the light and is now building an EV (there are over 30 on the market now*). They may not be advertising them because they make higher profit margins on selling gas cars to gullible buyers, but they are positioning themselves for when consumers wake up and also see the light for their local transportation needs. BMW has already said that all of their cars will be electric (or hybrid) within 10 years. For your mobile satellite station, however, this does not say to cover the roof of your car with solar (unless it is a flat RV or van) because the mobile satellite station is only in use about an hour a day while the parking SPACE with SOLAR panels is operating sun-up-to-sun-down and flat panels cost only 10% of ones that can bend a little. Plus the full dimensions of a "parking space" is actually more than 10 times the surface area of the small center portion of the roof of a car. So the cost effectiveness of solar on the car is about 10% of 10% or about 1% the effectiveness of having them on your car port. Besides, keeping the roof clear for antennas is more important anyway. * http://evadc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/EVInfoSheet-20150101.pdf Bob, Wb4APR

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Christmas present arrived!
by Jeff A. Boyd 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

My AMSAT membership package finally arrived today. Thanks to Martha for all the hard work! (And no thanks to the USPS for taking eleventillion years to get it here.) The laminated frequency guide card alone is worth the price, since I can never keep track of inverting SSB transponder frequencies in my head (the ham equivalent of not being able to tell left from right) so this removes all the guesswork. Also, my member number, 39693, is a palindrome. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo(a)msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-06 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-06 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Frederick W. Harnett Middle School, Blackstone, Massachusetts, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Tue 2016-01-05 17:42:06 UTC 81 deg (***) Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, direct via GB1SAN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-01-08 08:47:47 UTC 83 deg Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-13 11:35:44 UTC 33 deg **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 115 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-01-06 08:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1016. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 981. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-01-06 08:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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request for info on North American grids active via satellite in 2015
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi! I'm trying to put together some data to illustrate how many grids around North America (including Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean) that have been active on the satellites in 2015. I asked for this information on Twitter earlier today, and I'll make the same request here. If you have operated from grids away from home, please send me the list of grids you have worked from. Please include your home grid in the list. I would like to make a map of grids that were available via satellite during 2015, and possibly scribble an article for the AMSAT Journal as well. Besides my own activity in 2015, I have lists from the following stations: AA5PK KA4H KX9X N8HM NP4JV W5PFG I will generate a map based on all submissions I receive, and probably some other maps based on the lists I receive from other stations. Even if your list is nothing more than one other grid besides your home grid, every submission is appreciated. I am hoping to have this information by 15 January 2016, so I can then make the maps and write that article about which grids have been on the air during 2015 before getting too far into 2016. Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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New Distribution of Core Concepts Survey
by Brandon Shirley 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

To whom it may concern, Dr. Stephen Clyde & Brandon Shirley in the Department of Computer Science at Utah State University are conducting a set of surveys as part of Brandon's PhD research to find out more about software development practices and attitudes in the space industry. You have received this email because of your interest in or involvement with the space industry. We greatly need your participation. We are asking that anyone that has insight into in software development that relates to space industry participate in this survey. The beginning of the survey has background questions that will give context to your responses. The survey set is currently made of six surveys, listed below, that will be distributed over the course of a few months. You have a chance at receiving a gift card for participating in this survey as well as a chance at receiving a gift card for your overall participation in the entire survey set. There will be seven drawings for gift cards: one drawing for each survey and one overall drawing for the survey set. For each survey-specific drawing, two participants in that survey will be selected at random to receive a $25 gift card. For the overall drawing, two participants from the pool of all participants of any survey will be selected to receive a $200 gift card. At the end of this survey, you will be redirected to a webpage that asks for an email address. You must enter a valid email address to be considered for this surveys drawing or the overall survey set drawing. Each survey stands on its own: opting to not participate in one survey does not exclude you in any way from participating in any subsequent surveys. Likewise, participating in one survey does not obligate you to participate in any subsequent surveys. The surveys are as follows and will be distributed in the following order: 1) SISDPA : Core Concepts 2) SISDPA : Development Preferences 3) SISDPA : Open Systems Architecture and Modularity 4) SISDPA : Security 5) SISDPA : Reuse, Interoperability, Portability, Code Complexity 6) SISDPA : Network You can you use the link below to access the Core Concepts survey. We greatly need your participation and your responses to the surveys will make a meaningful contribution to this research while allowing you an opportunity to reflect on you current software development practices and how these practices affect the projects on which you have and will work. This survey set will be used to determine the path of future research, as well as increase the body of knowledge that relates to software development practices and attitudes in the space industry. You can access the Core Concepts survey of the Space Industry Software Development Practices and Attitudes survey set using the following link: https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8jp3RTKGUExYpQF You can copy and paste the following URL into your address bar. We plan to send out one reminder email a week until the survey closes. The duration of the survey will be two to three weeks. You will receive the reminder email regardless of where or not you have participated in a survey. The subject of the email will read "Reminder Email..." for these weekly reminders, and "New Distribution..." at the start of a new survey. See http://brandon.bluezone.usu.edu/Files/LOISpaceSoftwareAttitudes_Final.pdf for the Letter of Intent (LOI) that explains your role as a participant should you choose to participate. If you have questions please direct them to Brandon Shirley, via email b.l.s(a)aggiemail.usu.edu, the LOI lists additional contact information. Once the survey set is closed, we will analyze the data, and generate results. We will seek publication of these results in a conference or journal. This is a legitimate request for you participation, if you have any questions about the validity of this email you may refer to the Letter of Intent, contact Brandon Shirley, via email b.l.s(a)aggiemail.usu.edu, or Utah State University's Internal Review Board administrator at (435) 797 - 0567 or email irb(a)usu.edu. Note that the Core Concepts Survey was previously distributed. If you participated in the survey already then please visit the survey link and you will be given the opportunity to provide your email for entry into the Core Concepts Survey drawing as well as the overall survey set drawing. V/R, Brandon Shirley Mobile: 435.994.9165

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EM97 Activation
by John KI4RO 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

N8IUP has asked if I can activate EM97. I will be doing that on Saturday, 9 Jan on SO 50 @ 2044Z. It will be my first time trying to activate another grid square so please be gentle hi hi -- 73 John KI4RO

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